China's Defense Budget
| Budget Year | Official Budget |
MILITARY EXPENDITURES (ME) Million dollars (WMEAT) | ||||||
| RMB Yuan | = $US | % of GNP | % of CGE | % Increase over last yr | Current | Constant 1999 | Constant 1993 | |
| 1983 | 6.8 | 30.4 | 53,050 | |||||
| 1984 | 5.8 | 26.1 | 52,140 | |||||
| 1985 | 5.1 | 23.8 | 52,160 | |||||
| 1986 | 4.6 | 19.3 | 50,960 | |||||
| 1987 | 4.2 | 19.5 | 51,400 | |||||
| 1988 | 3.8 | 20.0 | 52,040 | |||||
| 1989 | 3.6 | 19.1 | $ 43,300 | $ 54,400 | 51,320 | |||
| 1990 | 3.7 | 18.8 | $ 47,800 | $ 57,700 | 54,110 | |||
| 1991 | 32.5 | 3.9 | 3.3 | 17.3 | – | $ 47,100 | $ 54,900 | 52,000 |
| 1992 | 37.0 | 4.5 | 3.0 | 16.9 | 13.8 | $ 50,100 | $ 57,100 | 54,870 |
| 1993 | 42.7 | 5.1 | 2.7 | 16.2 | 15.4 | $ 52,100 | $ 57,900 | 56,170 |
| 1994 | 55.0 | 6.6 | – | 28.8 | $ 53,600 | $ 58,400 | ||
| 1995 | 63.0 | 7.6 | – | 14.5 | $ 58,700 | $ 62,600 | ||
| 1996 | – | – | – | – | $ 64,500 | $ 67,500 | ||
| 1997 | – | – | – | – | $ 73,200 | $ 75,100 | ||
| 1998 | 93.5 | 11.3 | 8.7 | – | $ 86,100 | $ 87,300 | ||
| 1999 | 107.7 | 13.0 | 8.2 | 15.2 | $ 88,900 | $ 88,900 | ||
| 2000 | 121.3 | 14.6 | 8.3 | 12.6 | ||||
| 2001 | 141.0 | 17.0 | 8.3 | 17.7 | ||||
| 2002 | 166.0 | 20.0 | – | 17.6 | ||||
| 2003 | 185.3 | 22.4 | – | 9.6 | ||||
| 2004 | 206.5 | 25.0 | 1.7 | 12.7 | 11.6 | |||
| 2005 | 247.7 | 29.9 | 12.6 | |||||
| 2006 | 35.0 | 15. | ||||||
| 2007 | 45.0 | 17.8 | ||||||
| 2008 | 417.8 | 57.2 | 1.4 | 17.6 | ||||
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GNP = gross national product CGE = central government expenditure |
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